We have a lot of graduate students working in the labs, but there are always a few undergraduates doing special projects as well, and we’ll be featuring their work in a few upcoming posts. Steven Williams, a UMB undergraduate, is … Continue reading →

The information about summer archaeological field schools is now available on the UMass Boston CAPS webpage! There will be three field schools this summer: in Plymouth, Massachusetts; Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Belize. Those in Plymouth and Santa Fe are … Continue reading →

  The UMass Boston Office of Communications has put out a press release about David Landon‘s NEH grant.  Just in time for Thanksgiving!

The last brown bag talk of the semester is Monday, Nov. 30th, but at a NEW TIME — 1 pm!  McCormick 1/503. Come hear Steve Silliman talk about “Community Archaeology and the Archaeology of Community: The Eastern Pequot Field School, … Continue reading →

The Skagafjörður Church and Settlement Survey: Research in North Iceland, Summer 2015 Doug Bolender John Steinberg Monday, Oct 19, 2015 at noon McCormack, first floor, room 503   During July and August the Skagafjörður Church and Settlement Survey (SCASS) excavated a … Continue reading →

Joe Bagley, the Boston City archaeologist  and I were at the kick off for a campaign to raise more than $1 million to restore the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm at 487 Norfolk St in Mattapan.  There was a nice article about … Continue reading →

Majolica and Margaritas: Summer 2015 Adventures in New Mexico Heather Trigg Monday, September 28, 2015 at noon McCormack, first floor, room 503 In July 2015, we began excavation of a 17th-century Spanish ranch in New Mexico. This ranch was a … Continue reading →

Brown Bag Lecture Series Our Digital Presence: UMB Archaeology on Social Media and the Web  with John Steinberg, Christa Beranek, and Douglas Bolender   Monday, September 21, 2015 at noon  McCormack, first floor, room 503   We currently have blogs, … Continue reading →

The Conference on New England Archaeology will hold its annual meeting on Saturday, May 2, at Old Sturbridge Village in the Fuller Conference Center beginning at 9 AM.  This year’s theme is “When is ‘Enough’ Enough?: The Archaeological Curation Crisis … Continue reading →

The College of Advancing and Professional Studies (CAPS) has put out its lineup for Field Study Programs this summer. UMass Boston is offering an unprecedented 4 archaeological Field schools.  Two of the field schools are being run under the auspices  … Continue reading →